1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the duty of a county to notify the Texas Department of
1-3 Criminal Justice regarding certain dismissals of criminal cases.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 8, Article 42.09, Code of Criminal
1-6 Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
1-7 (j) If after a county transfers a defendant or inmate to the
1-8 Texas Department of Criminal Justice the charges on which the
1-9 defendant or inmate was convicted and for which the defendant or
1-10 inmate was transferred are dismissed, the county shall immediately
1-11 notify an officer designated by the department of the dismissal.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1658 was passed by the House on March
29, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1658 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor